The Republican journal., 1887-11-03
Special Correspondence. !

flnc Enough for tho Most Iuxuriant
Oriental Potcntate.
Special Correspondence
NEW YORK, Nov. L-"Sone Medium
1cIght unocrvcsts! Yes, sir" said the aon;,l
habcidasilor as he led the way up along tho
'"uliIcr' on woi.!l like a robins c,,,, hin,
vi Eeatlc'iicn of your complexion frcouo,tl,,
"e,'i saiiloh PINK, and he selected q GONNA
VI noIt >, from tfie shelves suppose Hooked
us II ! thought him crazy, for he added in
tcrroyatively: ''' ''''ie'' IN
~ course you want silks"
faco fell anu MS
ucntlemon generally wear silk INIT WA
s'iA many OF tho wooden ones to Ola rosh;,,n,
people, he remarked
I'co hic SEQ The silk ones" said. ana j,
Frightened up. ''' Gnu 'i'
lhcso,' no said producing az entire suit
Oh 0hdor"ear OF delicate habv blue tint md
wo'ch OIL Iio hncst silk are worth $50 = 4,t
0" neca about four scts | should suggest
.p'A ''iiiofe'it tints, and he wti3ktsl ont mon
.'ir counter thrce duplicates OF the blue scr in
i'i'A' ii1auVc and charminslv deli
@f'.c s.i'.'ic Oh efcci. l recovered, myself
w friend, said l firmly, II don't know
Ni,a' ic'' you TO suppose that um a millions
"1'e or an IDIOT | am neither. want n
eoai,i' VI aetS OF plain, scrviceable un,ier-
"e"l' cilaDic OF Keeping ~ reasonable
i'Ni"''ie III The carcass Of IN ovuiy d,y
newspaper man. Nevertheless, .l,,Il IiI.',
w. i'oA "' These pretty fancics Tell me. how
much Goes 1T cost to dress 4 .vcnuin,,1,,I,,~
VIC habcrf'ashcr laughed
on want just the sor. of tbi,,,u.,
hf N iCt, Il
order AS for dressing ,lu,o bn
ucd that of course depend. ,na,, ~ i,'n
nave customers who spend s.. 600 or M non
year, To begin with undcrc,otbos IT.,
needs at least four weights and fonr en-, 10 -
each. Hero is an extra heavv sin, e''it ~ W.
mldwilltcr which costs $50. # j. ,,,,r1I ~ NJ
the finest quality, and is, as Won SEQ ha,h avn
sonlcly embroidered up the front Tao INV,
10 wear under the coat Oh, no. thourh wa
nave them without tho onbroidor,. -, H.
SO ninety made for less money A.
matter of fact, plain siIl ,rla,.,
wear 10 by no means es oxtravarant
as you would suppose. 1t is On fvrcli,,r,
guafd against rheumatism and many nco,,ln
wear 1t on that account alone Tbnn ,,,ln,
quallty silk undervcst at, say. sl5 will n,,+-
wear three WOODEN ones, and Won b,,o H.,
injurious feeling that the woven silk ncyt
INC SElA iihparts. Of course the c,nl,roi,,orv
anu extra line finish of these so silit, odJ
hoItilIlS 70 The durability but much to Inc az
i@iSo Inc same is truc of silk SOCKS bc
auoeo' producing several boxes cout1inino,
hosiery OF TarlcSatcd HUGS. Tho 7cno Of
Iuaiity comes at about IS per pair After
'i'''o VIC Price represents fancy work npd
ruhs up TO so or 2l2. There is n nov. rol
"hich Is very comfortable and popular in
s"thS' Vlii"h consists in having The toe; ,uodn
aeiR'ralc Ike the fingers Of glove. It. is nm
Ehsiish notion and they arc called soy
hi'ck SILK with delicate embroidered clocks
OF vines and various gcomctrical PATTERN,
over the lnstop, and up the front OF the ankle
are most popular for evening dress. wbito tho
new shades of copper, almond brown. srrncnt
green ana cedar green, sobelii blue. terri,
cotta ana orange red arc Worn, ,,,ri!,., tbn
DAY Solid colors arc popular for hosiery.
stripes and dots having about conc out.
though we lately filled an order for n voun,r
man for six dozen assorted pairs. with III;
monogram worked on the inster, in ,or}tr,st-
ing colors. They cost him $50 Il dozen
Night shirts are made of soft China silk.
embroidered with light blue. rcd and Green
silks They are much moro comfortable than
the Old fashioned linen ones. and cost from
ST to Sl2 piece, according to the amount of
embroidery upon them. They are either
SNOW white or delicate fawn color. and arc
orAaincnted in every style, from plain stitch
me to the most elaborate embroidery
IN SHIRTS, embroidery and ftncy worl, i,
gong out, both for day tiI:lr and evening
dress. Tho best We can do is fac linen at Il;
piece. Striped shirts will not be worn This
winter, though there is a visor1,l, effort to
introduce LARGE hluc and rel polka dots ON
SHIRT bosons. | think plain white will hold
the popular taste" and The worthy haLcr
dasher sighed as ii some one had done him
personal injury
lie frightened up, however. as he produced
some handkerchief boxes and displayed their
contents.
Amt the just sorscous:" he exclaimed,
1orgetlul Of grammar i'll lis enthusiasm.
They were Slarin.s Scotch plaids. Red blue
anu yellow strobic circles squares. zigzass
anu cross bars IN every conccivablc hue
made one dizzy to look at them.
''Thcsc run from 81 to 50 a piece, and viii
be worn i'll the morning Plain white linun
with embroidered monogram in white or
white silk, arc of course the correct tAju.- for
evening dress These things in ninc cases
out of ten won't wash so supply won't Inst
long"
"Now how much does it cost TO ,l,.rs, u
dude" asked, repeating my original cues
tion.
AS l said before, it depends ~ Oh tho
dude" replied tho habcr,laslicr. smiling
However, we will take TN average and see
took slip of paper and pencil and rapidly
Jotted down the items Us he rcclcd them Off:
Four suits OF extra heavy silk
underwear at from $50 to 500 a
suit ..... .-..,.... slaot $40
Four suits of medium at from SIS
Four suits Of light at from s25 to
$40. ::......,... a.. ....-......... looto leo
Four suits Of extra light at from
SO to $40. .-.. - eoto ,Go
Three dozen silk stockings, va
rious weights, at an average Of
S15 per dozen ............... $50 I..)
Neckties for the year round say
from -.......... ..... $500. looto 80
Blazers, tennis, boatiu. shirts and
other summer wear, would run
from .................. ........ 800 to 900
Gloves, from oO to l0o pars from 100 to 80
Collars cuffs, handkerchtts, etc aOto eco
Total Observation-Disclosures. e.. $3.50 to S294D
but that, Of course, does not represent
the extremes" said the habertlasler as |
footed up the figures. We have customers
who dress very richly on 5000 or 500 Il year,
and we have several who spend as high as